Sky-Guy,

I actually thought about that too and ended up with the same conclusion that AM did. It WAS a hate crime but not a racial one. It was hate against cops. Perhaps race played a role but I think the color he hated was blue, not white.

I do think it is a valid question though because who can say it was NOT racially motivated.

Just today I was reminded of the media's desire to make the race connection. They were talking about the "kick a ginger day" (taken from a satirical South Park episode about redheads not having souls) where some kids actually beat up a redhead in their school. The reporters made 3 references to it being a "racist" attack. Are redheads an ethnicity? Obviously not but the report highlighted the pushing of that storyline.

You are correct though if the races were all reversed on these cop killings that Sharpen, Jackson, and the rest would be all over it.

-AP